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Happy National Best Friends Day! Who is your Mercer bestie?

Happy Pride Month! Mercer University Libraries wishes all Bears celebrating Pride a joyful and colorful month!

Pride originally began as a way to commerate the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, with the first pride parade being held in 1970 on the one-year anniversary. To learn more about Stonewall and other important moments in LGBTQIA history, check out Q***r American: a GLBT History of the 20th Century by Vicki Lynn Eaklor at https://catalog.mercer.edu/permalink/01GALI_MUM/9i1olm/alma991004908247505956.

40 years ago today, the first class of the Mercer School of Medicine graduated.

Were you a student at Mercer University in Atlanta in the 1970s and 1980s? You can now view the student newspaper The Mercer Post in our digital repository URSA. The Mercer Post can be found in the Newspapers and Newsletters subcollection at this link, https://mercer.libguides.com/MUP.

May is Get Caught Reading Month! Find your next fiction read from NoveList Plus, your readers' advisory tool. Access through Mercer University Libraries’ Databases: https://mercer.libguides.com/NP

Today is Memorial Day, a day for remembering the brave men and women who lost their lives serving our country. We especially remember all the Mercerians who made the ultimate sacrifice. The December 1945 issue of the Mercerian included a list of Mercer men who gave their lives in World War II.

This Throwback Thursday we are throwing it back to the time Mercer moved a house across campus. In June 1999, Mercer moved the home of long-time Mercer employees Howard and Gladys Giddens from the corner of Edgewood Avenue and Adams Street to the corner of College Street and Elm Street to make room for the construction of the Greek village.

Hi Bears! In observance of Memorial Day, the Mercer University Libraries will be altering our in-person service hours. The 24/7 spaces at the Tarver and Swilley Libraries will remain accessible with a current Bear card.

As we say goodbye to Connell Student Center, we are sharing some photos from over the years. What is your favorite memory from Connell?

Celebrate the 79th Cannes Film Festival, May 12th to May 26th, by watching films played in past festivals on Kanopy. Access through Mercer University Libraries’ Databases. https://mercer.libguides.com/KVS